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Bucking Trends, National Guard Association Will Meet in Honolulu

Associations Now

The board of directors of the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) approves the location of its annual conference, held each September, about five years ahead of time, giving the organization and the host city a good head start in preparing for the event. with the cost of shipping stuff,” Hargett said.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

By late March, Honolulu Civil Beat ’s Maui Fires Money Tracker had tallied more than $450 million in private donations and nearly $2 billion when including government assistance. In large part, this is because the costs of immediate recovery outweigh the funding available, or funders are unaware of where their dollars are most needed.

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Roundup: Ballot Initiatives Make Breakthroughs on Election Night

Associations Now

Precedents set by passage of key ballot initiatives on issues as diverse as genetically modified organisms, marijuana, and sugary beverages have associations and trade groups speaking out. Voters on the Hawaiian island of Maui narrowly passed a temporary ban on planting —not labeling, but planting—genetically modified crops.

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